Arcade
The making of the first Mortal Kombat game. Extended version of a old video with more (and very rare) footage.Source: http:/. This article is about the original 1992 arcade game. For other uses of the word 'Mortal Kombat', see the disambiguation page named 'Mortal Kombat'. Mortal Kombat is the first game in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series by Midway. It was released in arcades in 1992. It centers on the 10th Mortal Kombat tournament and the ultimate defeat of the evil Shang Tsung by the shaolin monk Liu Kang.
G O R O L I V E S ! ! !
A 2000 year old half human, half dragon, Goro has remained undefeated for the last 500 years. He won the title of Grand Champion by defeating Kung Lao, a Shaolin fighting monk. It was during this period that the tournament fell into Shang Tsung's hands and was corrupted.
PC Exclusive Story
Attention:
The imperial court of immortals
invites warriors of all styles
to compete in a tournament of
Mortal Kombat
The contest will be held on
the island fortress of Shang Tsung
located in the center of
the Lost Sea
Grand prize:
Your Continued Existence
TV Games Exclusive Story
The ancient tournament was once a competition for martial arts honor until championed by the evil Prince Goro. Half dragon and half human, by the hands of an evil spirit Shang Tsung, Goro has weakened the barriers of the Earthrealm. Now 500 years have passed, and it is time for a new warrior to win more than just honor. A warrior must win to save the fate of the world!
Arcade, PC (DOS), Sega Genesis and SegaCD, Sega GameGear/Master System, SNES, GameBoy, Amiga
Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Move |
|---|---|
| B | Back |
| F | Forward |
| D | Down |
| Up | Up |
| LP | Low Punch |
| HP | Hugh Punch |
| LK | Low Kick |
| HK | High Kick |
| BL | Block |
For Arcade
Fight Reptile
Start a One Player Game. At The Pit, Look to the Moon. There must be silhouettes gliding past - this will occur every 6th game. Win Double Flawless Victory with Fatality without Blocking at all. A message will appear.After defeating Reptile you will be grand with 1000000 points. The only one problem is that the game will be much harder.
Sometimes Reptile falls down before the match begins and gives clues on how to fight him. Here are all of them:
- I am Reptile, Find Me !
- You must Find me to beat me
- Alone is how to find me
- Perfection is the key
- Fatality is the key
- 10,000,000 Points if you destroy me
- Look to La Luna (The Moon)
- You Cannot Match my Speed
- TIP EHT FO MOTTOB (Reverse it)
- Blocking will get you Nowhere
For PC (DOS)
Cheat Menu
Open the setup menu by pressing F10.Hold down shift while typing DIP.
This pops up a DIP-switch menu which you can alter at will.
Switch 0: Fatalities On/Off
Switch 1: Blood On/Off (must restart game)
Switch 2: Sound and music during attract mode On/Off
Switch 3: Comic Book Offer On/Off
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Switch 4: CPU Fatalities On/Off
Switch 5: Freeplay On/Off
Switch 6: Moon silhouettes on the first Pit fight (must restart game)
Switch 7: ???
Switch 8: ???
Fight Reptile
Start a One Player Game. At The Pit, Look to the Moon. There must be silhouettes gliding past - this will occur every 6th game. Win Double Flawless Victory with Fatality without Blocking at all. A message will appear.
After defeating Reptile you will be grand with 1000000 points. The only one problem is that the game will be much harder.Sometimes Reptile falls down before the match begins and gives clues on how to fight him. Here are all of them:
- I am Reptile, Find Me !
- You must Find me to beat me
- Alone is how to find me
- Perfection is the key
- Fatality is the key
- 10,000,000 Points if you destroy me
- Look to La Luna (The Moon)
- You Cannot Match my Speed
- TIP EHT FO MOTTOB (Reverse it)
- Blocking will get you Nowhere
For Sega Genesis and SegaCD
Bloody Code (Genesis only)
Press A, B, A, C, A, B, B on the 'Code of Honor' screen. This will enable blood in the game and real Fatalities.Cheat Menu
At the 'Game Start' screen press: D, Up, B, B, A, F, D. A third option, 'Cheat Enabled', will appear. Select this and you will access the secret cheat menu with the following options:- Fighter 1: This sets the character that will be displayed on the left side of the screen in this menu and will be used for some of the switches to follow.
- Fighter 2: This sets the character that will be displayed on the right side of the screen in this menu and will be used for some of the switches to follow.
- Plan Base: Using this switch, you can choose between 4 Battle Plans. This is also used in switches below.
- Test Your Might Related
- Chop-Chop: This decides what you will chop first in 'Test your Might'. Also determines what you will break in the 'Demo' option of 'Chop-Chop'.
- 1 Play Chop: This determines how far apart the Test Your Might rounds are in a one-player game. (0=None; 1=After Every Match etc.)
- 2 Play Chop: This determines how far apart the Test You Might rounds are in a two-player Vs. game.
- Demo: See or play a different part of the game:
- 1. Cameo: Shows the story of the fighter selected as 'Fighter 1'
- 2. Biography 1: Shows the first ending picture of the fighter selected as Fighter 1'
- 3. Biography 2: Shows the second ending picture of the fighter selected as 'Fighter 1'
- 4. Medal: Shows the Vs. screen of 'Fighter 1' and 'Fighter 2'.
- 5. Battle Plan: Shows Fighter 1's Battle Plan as selected under 'Plan Base'.
- 6. Chop-Chop: Puts you in a 'practice' Test Your Might round. Fighter 1 and 2 will be the choppers, and they will be chopping the material selected at 'Chop-Chop'.
- [Switch Flags (On/Off)]
- Flag 0/P1Win: Puts second player on 'DANGER' at the beginning of each round. In Endurance battles, only the first player will be affected.
- Flag 1/P2Win: Puts first player on 'DANGER' at the beginning of each round.
- Flag 2/Moon: Puts silhouettes at the moon every match at the Pit.
- Flag 3/Dads: Puts weird silhouettes at the moon. One is the top ranked player's initials. Another is the head of Fergus McGovern (Managing Director of Probe software)
- Flag 4/Green: Reptile gives Clues at the Beginning of Every Match.
- Flag 5/Lives: Free Play. (Credits don't Expire)
- Flag 6: The Computer does Fatalities every time you're beaten.
- Flag 7/Turbo: This is a strange Flag. For Genesis it takes you to the Palace Gates stage right up until Endurance 3. For SegaCD it will increase the speed of the game.
- Blood: Enable/Disable blood.
- Cheat: This toggles ALL the changes (flags and such) on and off. Also makes the 'Cheat Enabled' option vanish
- 1st Map: Select the first stage you want to go to when you start.
Fight Reptile
To fight Reptile start a One Player Game. At The Pit, Look to the Moon. There must be silhouettes gliding past - this will occur every 6th game. Win Double Flawless Victory with Fatality without Blocking at all. A message will appear. To fight Reptile with Sonya Blade, repeat the procedure except do not enable the Blood code. Win with a double flawless victory that follows her Kiss of Death fatality. Then, the opponent will be Reptile.After defeating Reptile you will be grand with 1000000 points. The only one problem is that the game will be much harder.
Sometimes Reptile falls down before the match begins and gives clues on how to fight him. Here are all of them:
- I am Reptile, Find Me !
- You must Find me to beat me
- Alone is how to find me
- Perfection is the key
- Fatality is the key
- 10,000,000 Points if you destroy me
- Look to La Luna (The Moon)
- You Cannot Match my Speed
- TIP EHT FO MOTTOB (Reverse it)
- Blocking will get you Nowhere
Secret Music Tracks and Sound Samples (Genesis only)
To access secret music and sound samples, go to options and highlight 'Sound FX'. Move the number along to 17. Now tap Right and A repeatedly until the irritating 'drring' sound stops. After a while (about a minute, maybe less), it will play a weird sample that is nowhere in the game. Leave it longer and it will play really strange stuff. Be patient, there is a long interval between each sample.For Sega GameGear/Master System
Arcade Mode
Start the game. At the last three 'code' screens, press 2, 1, 2, Down, Up. The screen will say 'Now Entering Kombat'. Get ready for bloody carnage!For SNES
Fight Reptile
Start a One Player Game. At The Pit, win Double Flawless Victory with Fatality without Blocking at all. A message will appear.After defeating Reptile you will be grand with 1000000 points. The only one problem is that the game will be much harder.
Sometimes Reptile falls down before the match begins and gives clues on how to fight him. Here are all of them:
- I am Reptile, Find Me !
- You must Find me to beat me
- Alone is how to find me
- Perfection is the key
- Fatality is the key
- 10,000,000 Points if you destroy me
- Look to La Luna (The Moon)
- You Cannot Match my Speed
- TIP EHT FO MOTTOB (Reverse it)
- Blocking will get you Nowhere
10 Extra Kredits:
In the Japanese version, press Left, Up, Right, Up, Left, Up when Goro appears and hits the Acclaim logo. You will hear a sound if done correct. This will give you 10 extra credits.For GameBoy
Play As Goro
- Finish the entire game.- Watch the ending credits roll by.
- When it says 'THE END', press and HOLD Up + Left + A + Select.
- Keep them held until you are asked to Enter your initials.
- Enter your initials, and press A.
- Wait until the HIGH SCORE SCREEN, and press Start.
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- You should be greeted by a message: 'GORO LIVES... ... AS YOU !'
This cheat also changes the names of all the characters to the names of Probe and Midway programmers and the graphics during an endurance match.
- Liu Kang = Carl (Carl Fergison)
- Sonya = Fergus (Fergus McGovern)
- Kano = Bob (???)
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For Amiga
Cheat mode
Type 'cathulu' at the screen with the start game and options selections. Select the 'Cheatmode' option that appears, then type 'rjc' at the cheat menu. The cheat statistics screen will be displayed. Press [Space] to return to the selection menu.Cheat mode (alternate)
Type 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU' at the screen with the start game and options selections.Unlimited Credits
Select the gameplay as normal, but only use 3 credits. Play as Rayden and loose on your first match. When you are at character select screen again choose whoever you want and you will get unlimited credits. As a bonus if you press Up, Left and Fire on the continue screen it will reset your time.Disable blood
Enable cheat mode, then type 'vampire' at the cheat menu.Fight Reptile
Start a One Player Game. At The Pit, Look to the Moon. There must be silhouettes gliding past - this will occur every 6th game. Win Double Flawless Victory with Fatality without Blocking at all. A message will appear.After defeating Reptile you will be granted with message. The only one problem is that the game will be much harder.
Sometimes Reptile falls down before the match begins and gives clues on how to fight him. Here are all of them:
- I am Reptile, Find Me !
- You must Find me to beat me
- Alone is how to find me
- Perfection is the key
- Fatality is the key
- 10,000,000 Points if you destroy me
- Look to La Luna (The Moon)
- You Cannot Match my Speed
- TIP EHT FO MOTTOB (Reverse it)
- Blocking will get you Nowhere